Environmental support and HIV prevention behaviors among female sex workers in China

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 662-667

  Hong, Yan ^a   Fang, Xiaoyi ^b   Li, Xiaoming ^c   Liu, Yang ^b   Li, Mingqiang ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d City Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH EDUCATION; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHINA; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 50649098340     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31816b322c     Document Type: Article

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